Ecology Livestock Manure 
Modern Farmer
FEBRUARY 5, 2024
Agricultural run-off, including soil erosion, nutrient loss from fertilizers and animal manure, bacteria from animal manure and pesticides are the largest stressors to water quality of America’s streams and rivers. These crops are also the largest consumer of increasingly scarce river water in the Western United States.
Wisconsin Farmers Union
JANUARY 31, 2024
On January 30th, a Calumet County Circuit Court rejected a reckless attempt to eliminate environmental oversight of the state’s largest livestock facilities. The lobbying groups alleged the DNR lacked authority to require large livestock operations to apply for permits under Wisconsin’s ,, water pollution permitting program.
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Modern Farmer
AUGUST 24, 2023
The certification, funded by the Rodale Institute, Patagonia and Dr Bronner’s, insists on five practices to improve soil health: integrating livestock, keeping the soil covered, minimizing soil disturbance, incorporating diversity and zero chemicals, as well as a soil test every three years. Photography courtesy of Cabriejo Ranch.
Civil Eats
NOVEMBER 27, 2023
When farmers are able to control how, where, and when their animals move between pastures, they can more easily accomplish ecological goals that might include increasing soil carbon, reducing water pollution, or incorporating trees. One recent morning after a thunderstorm, they moved the goats to a distant field across a road.
The Lunatic Farmer
JANUARY 10, 2022
One dog generates more manure than 11 chickens, and dog manure is nasty. In the New York Times bestseller Guns, Germs, and Steel , Jared Diamond documents the ascendancy of cultures living proximate to domestic livestock. Visceral connection to our ecological umbilical is foundational to immune vibrancy.
National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition
JULY 14, 2023
However, as with all social-ecological systems , change in any part of the system necessarily requires or causes change in other parts of the system. Who manages land determines which scientific perspectives, crop choices, traditions, and skills shape the landscape, with profound implications for its ecological sustainability.
Caff
APRIL 22, 2021
This Earth Day, CAFF is proud to endorse this bill on behalf of our members as part of the solution to the climate crisis, recognizing the invaluable role that ecologically-focused farmers and ranchers can play. It’s a hopeful sign that our advocacy is moving from the state level to the national stage.”
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